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package org.apache.flink.runtime.util;

import java.util.List;

public class StartupUtils {
	
	/**
	 * A utility method to analyze the exceptions and collect the clauses
	 * 
	 * @param e  the root exception (Throwable) object
	 * @param causes  the list of exceptions that caused the root exceptions
	 * @return  a list of Throwable
	 */
	public static List<Throwable> getExceptionCauses(Throwable e, List<Throwable> causes) {
		if (e.getCause() == null) {
			return causes;
		} else {
			causes.add(e.getCause());
			getExceptionCauses(e.getCause(), causes);
		}
		return causes;
	}

}
